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PHIL434 Medical Ethics and Issues

Week 2 Assignment  

Term Paper-Topic

In this assignment, you will select a current medical ethics issue to research and write about for your research paper.

Select a topic related to one of the following current medical ethics issues:

End of Life

Eugenics and Human Genetics

Medical Research

Reproductive Issues

Organ Donation and Transplantation

Public Health Issues

Access to Health Care

Biotechnology

One of your own choosing (with approval)

Complete and submit this template.Download this template stating your specific issue (for instance, if you choose to write about End of Life, the particular case might be physician-assisted suicide) and explain why you have chosen this issue to research. Make sure there are competing positions on this issue that reflect differing ethical principles or interpretations.

Include references for three sources that could be used in the final paper. All sources should be less than five years old unless recent research is not available, and at least one reference must be a peer-reviewed article from a professional journal. Do not use Wikipedia or an encyclopedia as they are not considered reliable academic sources and will not be accepted.